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Robotic Aircraft To Supply Troops

Posted by samzenpus on from the battle-platform-soon-to-come dept.

Cowards Anonymous writes "PC World reports on a prototype driverless aircraft designed to shuttle hundreds of pounds of supplies to soldiers in war zones. Dubbed a flying Humvee by Frontline Aerospace's CEO, the robotic vehicle can fly 600 to 1,000 miles carrying a full cargo of 400 pounds. It's about the size of a large SUV, weighing in at 2,400 pounds and measuring 21 feet long and up to 26 feet wide."

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  1. Re:My eyebrows are raised... by Tokerat · · Score: 5, Funny

    But, there's like, 12 cup holders in here...

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    CAn'T CompreHend SARcaSm?
  2. Usual high flying business cruft by inflex · · Score: 5, Funny

    Anyone bothered to look at the massive composite photo they created with a few soldiers running out to the CG generated drone? You'd think for $4 million a pop they'd at least spend another $1000 to make the photos -look- realistic.

    I see quite a lot of these sorts of getups happening, someone gets some specs, waves their hands about, generates some crappy CG and utters a price of a few million. Couple of years later there's nothing really to show for it except some rudimentary framework and an empty office.

    Only wish I had gotten in there first ;)